St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 2, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 2005 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 6 0 1 0
Walker rf 2 0 0 0
  Taguchi rf 4 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 6 2 3 0
Edmonds cf 5 2 3 3
Rodriguez lf 5 0 2 1
Grudzielanek 2b 6 0 1 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
Nunez 3b 6 0 1 0
Molina c 6 1 2 1
Mulder p 2 0 0 0
  Luna ph 1 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
  Mabry ph 1 0 0 0
  Eldred p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Seabol 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 5 13 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 5 0 0 0
  Scott ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 6 0 1 0
Ensberg 3b 6 1 2 1
Berkman 1b,lf,1b 2 1 0 0
  Gipson pr 0 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Chavez ph 1 1 0 0
Lane rf 6 2 1 0
Burke lf 3 0 1 0
  Lamb ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Everett ss 3 0 0 1
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro lf 1 0 0 1
Ausmus c 6 1 2 2
Astacio p 2 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Bruntlett ss 4 0 1 1
Totals 47 6 8 6
St. Louis 010 002 000 100 15131
Houston 020 000 001 100 2680
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mulder   8.0 2 2 1 2 8
  Isringhausen   2.0 2 2 2 0 3
  Eldred   2.0 1 0 0 3 1
  Tavarez  L (2-3) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  King   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Reyes   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.2
8
6
5
6
12
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Astacio   5.1 8 3 3 1 6
  Springer   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Wheeler   2.1 1 1 1 0 2
  Lidge   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Qualls  W (4-4) 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
13.0
13
5
5
1
9

  E–Grudzielanek (7).  2B–St. Louis Edmonds (33,off Astacio); Pujols (34,off Wheeler); Grudzielanek (28,off Qualls), Houston Biggio (35,off Eldred).  HR–St. Louis Molina (7,2nd inning off Astacio 0 on 2 out); Edmonds 2 (24,6th inning off Astacio 1 on 0 out,13th inning off Qualls 0 on 0 out), Houston Ensberg (35,9th inning off Isringhausen 0 on 0 out); Ausmus (2,10th inning off Isringhausen 0 on 1 out).  SH–Edmonds (1,off Wheeler); Rodriguez (3,off Lidge).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Palmeiro (4,by King).  IBB–Berkman (8,by Eldred); Vizcaino (4,by Tavarez).  Team–10.  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Greg Gibson, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Brian Runge.  T–4:04.  A–38,511.
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